Residence Moscow, Russia Skating club Moscow UOR 4 Country represented Russia | Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 ⁄2 in) Partner Anastasia Shpilevaya Training location Moscow | |
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Native name Григорий Сергеевич Смирнов Full name Grigory Sergeyevich Smirnov Born 1 April 1997 (age 19) ( 1997-04-01 ) Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Former partner Yulia Borisova, Valeria Neyman Coaches Alexander Svinin, Irina Zhuk Former choreographers Alexander Svinin, Irina Zhuk | ||
Grigory Sergeyevich Smirnov (Russian: Григорий Сергеевич Смирнов, born 1 April 1997) is a Russian competitive ice dancer. With partner Anastasia Shpilevaya, he is the 2016 Youth Olympic champion and 2017 Russian junior national champion.
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Personal life
Grigory Sergeyevich Smirnov was born on 1 April 1997 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. He resides in Moscow.
Early years in skating
Smirnov began learning to skate in 2002. He competed with Yulia Borisova in the 2010–11 season and with Valeria Neyman in 2011–12.
Partnership with Shpilevaya
Smirnov teamed up with Anastasia Shpilevaya ahead of the 2012–13 season. Competing on the junior level, they placed fifth at the Ice Challenge and won silver at the Pavel Roman Memorial. The following season, they qualified for the 2014 Russian Junior Championships, where they finished 7th.
2014–15 season
Shpilevaya/Smirnov received their first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments in the 2014–15 season. They won bronze in late August at the JGP in Courchevel, France, but finished 9th the following month in Tallinn, Estonia. The two placed fifth at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships.
2015–16 season
Shpilevaya/Smirnov's first event of the 2015 JGP series took place in October in Logroño, Spain. They finished fourth, outscored for the bronze medal by Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit, resulting in the loss of their provisional assignment to Zagreb, Croatia. In January 2016, they won the bronze medal at the Russian Junior Championships, behind Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd and Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko. They were named in Russia's teams to the Youth Olympics and World Junior Championships.
In February, Shpilevaya/Smirnov won gold at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway, having placed first in both segments. Assigned to Team Courage for the mixed NOC team event, they placed first in their segment and their team finished sixth. In March 15-20, they competed at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary where they finished 5th.
2016–17 season
In the 2016–17 Season, Shpilevaya/Smirnov's first assignment was at the 2016 JGP Japan where they won the silver medal with a total of 151.50 points.
Programs
(with Shpilevaya)
Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Detailed results
With Shpilevaya